New Blu-ray Reviews

The Broadway Melody Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1929 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Randy Miller III

The story is a creaky tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway, but the fun is in the Roaring Twenties lingo and the showbiz melodrama.

Musical / Romance

The Night of the Executioner Blu-ray Movie  

La noche del ejecutor | Standard Edition

Mondo Macabro | 1992 | 93 min | Unrated | Aug 08, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dr. Hugo Arranz celebrates his 50th anniversary with his wife and daughter when vile hooligans break into their home, raping and killing both his wife and daughter and cutting out the tongue of Hugo. Fortunately, Hugo survives, and he seeks revenge on the punks, after some self-training with knives, pistols and weightlifting.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Future Boy Conan: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Mirai Shōnen Conan

Shout Factory | 1978 | 780 min | Not rated | Nov 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

After the world is nearly destroyed by a war, a young boy and his friends must fight to save the world from those who seek to conquer what is left of civilization.

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Horus, Prince of the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

太陽の王子　ホルスの大冒険 / Taiyo no oji: Horusu no daiboken / Little Norse Prince

Discotek Media | 1968 | 82 min | Unrated | Mar 28, 2017 | Neil Lumbard

Hols, a brave young boy, pulls a blade out from a centuries-old Rock Giant only to discover that it is the Sword of the Sun. If re-forged, the sword's destiny will transform the boy into the Prince of the Sun. Urged by his Father, Hols and his pet bear Coro travel to his ancestral village, a place destroyed by the Frost King Grunwald. Along the way, he helps a village whose residents are besieged by Grunwald's magic, but the villagers feel threatened when he befriends Hilda, a beautiful girl whose haunting songs conceal a dark secret.

Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Foreign / Coming of age

Night of the Assassin Blu-ray Movie  

The Assassin / 살수 / Salsu

Well Go USA | 2023 | 101 min | Not rated | Aug 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Follows Joseon's greatest assassin during his journey on his deadly last mission.

Action / Adventure / Foreign

Tuvayhun: Beatitudes for a Wounded World Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + SACD + Digital Copy

2L | 2022 | 80 min | Not rated | Aug 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Knights of the Zodiac Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2023 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 11, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

When a goddess of war reincarnates in the body of a young girl, street orphan Seiya discovers that he is destined to protect her and save the world. But only if he can face his own past and become a Knight of the Zodiac.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Reincarnated as a Sword: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

転生したら剣でした / Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita

Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 22, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

When you're killed in one reality and wake up as a sentient sword in a world where magic is real, what else can you do with your steely new existence except become an adventurer? Even though his shiny new form can levitate itself around, our slicing implement without a name also craves a wielder: a mighty warrior with whom to partner, explore and slay monsters. Instead, he gets Fran, a young cat girl, former slave, and trouble magnet who names him Teacher. It's as odd a pairing as they come, and whether they'll be sharp enough to make the cut in the realm of high adventure will be anyone's guess!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign

Nutcracker Fantasy Blu-ray Movie  

Discotek Media | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 95 min | Unrated | Nov 26, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

A girl's love and courage are tested while attempting to help a handsome soldier under the spell of a two-headed mouse.

Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Musical / Foreign / Holiday

Showgirls 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome Ultra / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Vinegar Syndrome | 1995 | 131 min | Rated NC-17 | Jun 29, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Nomi’s dreams and desires to make it big in Vegas are as sharp as a stiletto heel. When she catches the eye of Cristal, the Stardust’s sexy headliner, Nomi is on the brink of living her dream. But she soon realizes that there is only room for one starlet on the marquee… and that either sheor Cristal will have to take the fall!

Drama / Erotic

Cimarron Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1960 | 147 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Randy Miller III

The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife's anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the Indians of their land and oil.

Drama / Romance / Western / Epic

Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature: Robin Hood / The Black Pirate Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1922-1926 | 2 Movies | 228 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Romance

Robin Hood Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1922 | 143 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dashing Earl of Huntingdon endangers his life and honor by returning to oppose John, but finds himself and his friends outlawed, and Marian apparently dead. Enter Robin Hood, acrobatic champion of the oppressed, laboring to set things right through swash buckling feats and cliffhanging perils!

Adventure / Romance

The Black Pirate Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1926 | 94 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Douglas Fairbanks is a simple shipwrecked man who vows revenge on the pirates who caused the death of his father. Through a bold attack he gains their ship and becomes their trusted captain. Adventure and intrigue abound in this early example of Technicolor.

Action / Adventure

To Live and Die in L.A. 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 116 min | Rated R | Jul 18, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When his partner is murdered just days before retirement, Secret Service Agent begins an obsessive hunt for the killer counterfeiter and all-round psychopath.

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

To Live and Die in L.A. Blu-ray Movie  

4K Restoration

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 116 min | Rated R | Jul 18, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When his partner is murdered just days before retirement, Secret Service Agent begins an obsessive hunt for the killer counterfeiter and all-round psychopath.

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

Bananya Blu-ray Movie  

Discotek Media | 2016 | 39 min | Unrated | Jun 26, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

What would happen if you started to peel a tasty banana, only to find an adorable kitty lurking inside? Bananya (“nya” is the Japanese word for “meow”) and all of his fruity feline friends are on the loose and having many exciting escapades. Will Bananya ever achieve his lifelong dream of one day becoming a trendy, chocolate-covered banana? One thing is for certain, you'll be in for a whole bunch of fun with this purr-fect collection of Bananya adventures!

Anime / Comedy / Family / Foreign

Mitchiri Neko Blu-ray Movie  

Discotek Media | 2018 | 44 min | Unrated | Aug 31, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

The cute and mysterious cat-like creatures called Mitchiri Neko that seem to gather around each other if you leave them alone now get their own anime with a glorious voice cast! The free and happy-go- lucky Mitchiri Neko’s daily life is filled fluff and surreal laughs! Say it with me, "Mitchiri! Mitchiri!"

Anime / Comedy / Foreign

Team America: World Police Blu-ray Movie  

Uncensored and Unrated

Shout Factory | 2004 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Unrated | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counterterrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.

Action / Comedy / Musical / Dark humor

So I Married an Axe Murderer 4K Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1993 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Charlie Mackenzie is a love-shy "poet" living in San Francisco, who frequents neighborhood coffee houses reciting his tortured odes to unrequited love. Burned by a string of failed relationships, Mackenzie's fear of commitment has intensified into outrageous extremes of paranoia. When he finds himself falling for the sweet-faced butcher at his local meat shop, he sees it as a final chance for love to overcome his painful cynicism. Feeling he has squelched his nagging fears, Mackenzie marries the woman. But his anxiety quickly manifests itself in the conviction that his betrothed is actually an infamous axe murderer whose antics are described in juicy detail in each week's issue of the Weekly World News.

Comedy / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor